Post by shaxper on Dec 31, 2021 3:45:06 GMT -5
With a little over 20 hours remaining in 2021, here is my final report on how my New Years Resolutions turned out:
Buying Goals
- Incredible Hulk #318-376. It's been ages since I've tracked down a long run to read (my "To Read" pile is already so high!), but I'm very interested in finally reading the "Joe Fixit" stories and the Peter David stuff that follows. I already have and have read #377, and figured it was a good stopping point (once I've acquired and read the rest of the stretch) before determining if I want to keep going forward.
Between Covid and Owen's contracting Lupus, conventions just weren't in the cards for 2021, so I put this buying goal aside.
Reading Goals I'm serious about working towards
Owen's unexpected bout with Lupus really caught us off-guard this year and took away most of our free time, especially while he was in and out of the hospital, but also because it was no longer safe for him to go visit other family (incuding his father, who refused to take Owen's medical needs seriously) for much of the year, and his doing remote learning made him very needy of human contact, which meant no down-time for us adults at all. It was time well spent with no regrets, but it also meant that most of these goals fell by the wayside.
- Read at least two non-comic related novels Never got very far into this goal, as reading time fell by the wayside once Owen got sick. I hope to bring it back in 2022.
-Finish re-reading Corto Maltese from beginning to end Completed 5/12/21
- Work towards finishing my Avengers run (#231-300, plus annuals remaining) Only read six issues
- Begin reading Defenders #1-60 Never happened
- Begin re-reading Usagi Yojimbo from the beginning Never happened
- Re-read some Will Eisner GNs Never happened
- Read at least 20 issues of Claremont's X-Men w/ Amber Completed 12/31/21
Though I failed to complete most of my reading goals, I did end up returning to Jim Shooter's run on Legion of Super-Heroes on a whim and read the entire stretch from beginning to end. I look forward to skipping waaay ahead to The Great Darkness Saga in 2022.
Reading Goals I want to get to before I die (maybe this year. Who knows?)
- Ditko's Spider-Man
- Grimjack
- Astro City
- Sandman Mystery Theatre
- Dreadstar
- Re-read Gaiman's Sandman from beginning to end
- Get caught up with The Cerebus Reading Society
I made some progress with the Cerebus Reading Society, but nothing else.
Essential Reviewing Goals
- Finish Batman Family: 1975-1990. I didn't really grasp the enormity of this goal when I set it, but I'll call 28 reviews written for this thread in a single year Completed, even if I only got to September 1982.
- Give serious time and focus to Superman in the Post-Crisis Era. Completed 5/23/21. 14 reviews written.
- Give serious time and focus to Writer's Spotlight: Doug Moench. Completed 11/4/21. 11 reviews written.
- Write at least five reviews for New Teen Titans and Beyond. Completed 12/31/21
- Write at least five reviews for: The Complete Batman: 1979-2011 Completed 4/9/21
- Write at least three reviews for Justice League in the Post-Crisis Era. Completed 12/30/21I at least managed to kick a$$ in this department this year!
I'll get to it if I get to itI didn't.
- Finish Atari Force (10 issues left)
- Planet of the Apes from the Beginning (revamp the OP index and catch up on the two or three comics I've not yet reviewed)
- Nick Fury in the Silver Age (I haven't touched this one in YEARS)
Buying Goals
- Incredible Hulk #318-376. It's been ages since I've tracked down a long run to read (my "To Read" pile is already so high!), but I'm very interested in finally reading the "Joe Fixit" stories and the Peter David stuff that follows. I already have and have read #377, and figured it was a good stopping point (once I've acquired and read the rest of the stretch) before determining if I want to keep going forward.
Between Covid and Owen's contracting Lupus, conventions just weren't in the cards for 2021, so I put this buying goal aside.
Reading Goals I'm serious about working towards
Owen's unexpected bout with Lupus really caught us off-guard this year and took away most of our free time, especially while he was in and out of the hospital, but also because it was no longer safe for him to go visit other family (incuding his father, who refused to take Owen's medical needs seriously) for much of the year, and his doing remote learning made him very needy of human contact, which meant no down-time for us adults at all. It was time well spent with no regrets, but it also meant that most of these goals fell by the wayside.
- Read at least two non-comic related novels Never got very far into this goal, as reading time fell by the wayside once Owen got sick. I hope to bring it back in 2022.
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- Work towards finishing my Avengers run (#231-300, plus annuals remaining) Only read six issues
- Begin reading Defenders #1-60 Never happened
- Begin re-reading Usagi Yojimbo from the beginning Never happened
- Re-read some Will Eisner GNs Never happened
Though I failed to complete most of my reading goals, I did end up returning to Jim Shooter's run on Legion of Super-Heroes on a whim and read the entire stretch from beginning to end. I look forward to skipping waaay ahead to The Great Darkness Saga in 2022.
Reading Goals I want to get to before I die (maybe this year. Who knows?)
- Ditko's Spider-Man
- Grimjack
- Astro City
- Sandman Mystery Theatre
- Dreadstar
- Re-read Gaiman's Sandman from beginning to end
- Get caught up with The Cerebus Reading Society
I made some progress with the Cerebus Reading Society, but nothing else.
Essential Reviewing Goals
- Finish Batman Family: 1975-1990. I didn't really grasp the enormity of this goal when I set it, but I'll call 28 reviews written for this thread in a single year Completed, even if I only got to September 1982.
I'll get to it if I get to it
- Finish Atari Force (10 issues left)
- Planet of the Apes from the Beginning (revamp the OP index and catch up on the two or three comics I've not yet reviewed)
- Nick Fury in the Silver Age (I haven't touched this one in YEARS)
